Resource must be:\u00a0 The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Second Edition — ISBN: 9780226500447<\/p>\n
Machiavelli writes throughout The Prince <\/em>of the necessary quality that all successful princes have: virt\u00fa <\/em>(virtue). What, exactly, does Machiavelli mean by the word, \u201cvirtu\u201d?\u00a0 In can mean courage, audacity;\u00a0 honesty, cunning or treachery; violence, or sometimes generosity.\u00a0 \u201cVirtu\u201d can mean be both bad and good qualities!\u00a0 Develop a thesis that isolates three of the most common traits, qualities, or characteristics that Machiavelli speaks of as \u201cvirtuous\u201d and that makes for the most successful princes who are able to cultivate and employ them?<\/p>\n The essay must be 2000 words in Times new Rowman 12 font, double-spaced.<\/p>\n Suggested title:\u00a0 Important Virt\u00fa<\/em>s for Successful Princes<\/p>\n A minimum of 2 quotes per page in MLA format, i.e. (Maciavelli, 67-68).\u00a0 For passages that contain 2 or 3 sentences, include the quote in the body of the paper, for passages longer than 3 sentences, use block quotations.<\/p>\n Paper must be thesis-driven that proposes a clear, identifiable, and well-defined thesis, not simply rephrasing the question\/prompt. The paper is making a argument that the thesis reflects and should take a debatable position that responds to the prompt.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The three virtues that I propose are:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Proposed lead in sentence and thesis:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The paper should be a minimum of 6 paragraphs.\u00a0 The first an introduction paragraph with the lead-in sentence and thesis as the last two sentences.\u00a0 The second paragraph should define virtu\/virtue as defined by Machiavelli in The Prince.\u00a0 The rest of the body of the essay should focus on the 3 virtues listed above and can be compared\/contrasted to the opposing virtue: A successful prince must be clever\/shrewd opposed to honesty\u2026\u2026,\u00a0 The final paragraph should conclude the essay and the final sentence should restate the thesis written above.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other instructions:<\/p>\n Avoid an overly general introduction attempting to draw connections between all of literature\/human history, etc\u2026,\u00a0 Intro must engage the reader and state why the thesis matters.\u00a0 \u00a0Don\u2019t over-generalize or simply restate\/summarizing the contents of your paper in a concluding paragraph: this rarely adds anything of value to your paper, and takes up space better used in developing your argument. \u00a0Do waste space giving plot summaries or works background: everything written must relate directly to the argument stated in the thesis.<\/p>\n Support arguments with specific quotations and citations <\/strong>from key passages of the primary works we have read. (again 2 quotes per essay page)<\/p>\n Use formal writing tone and avoid overly subjective, first-person statements and opinions \u2013 focus on what the authors of the assigned texts think and say.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Suggested outline for essay:<\/p>\n -do the noble thing to make someone happy or do the ignoble thing and make sure that no one can retaliate.<\/p>\n -a warrior needs to understand his land so that it can be defended and apply the same knowledge to enemy land so their defenses are mitigated.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n – Being feared or being loved is irrelevant as long as you are successful.\u00a0 As a prince, fear is the easiest path to control of others and as long as he is respected, he will not be hated.<\/p>\n – The prince should be self-interested in his actions.\u00a0 It is acceptable to be dishonest or go back on your word as long as you can keep the appearance of honesty with the people and demonstrate your success.<\/p>\n Resource must be:\u00a0 The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Second Edition — ISBN: 9780226500447 Machiavelli writes throughout The Prince of the necessary quality that all successful princes have: virt\u00fa (virtue). What, exactly, does Machiavelli mean by the word, \u201cvirtu\u201d?\u00a0 In can Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Warrior skills (power\/strength)<\/h2>\n
B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fear\/cruelty vs. mercifulness<\/h2>\n
C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Astuteness (cleverness\/shrewdness) vs honesty<\/h2>\n
Machiavelli stresses in the Prince the importance of having a knowledge of ignoble virtues ahead of noble virtues because to do the most basic requirement of a prince, one must grasp how harm can occur so that it can either be prevented by him or kept hidden from others.\u00a0 Knowledge being the most powerful tool that Machiavelli could gift to the prince, the self-interested virtues of power, fear, and cleverness will give way to his survival while remaining in power.<\/h2>\n
II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Introduction<\/h1>\n
A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Define virtue according to Machiavelli<\/h2>\n
B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Warrior skills (power\/strength)<\/h2>\n
C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fear\/cruelty vs. mercifulness<\/h2>\n
D.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Astuteness (cleverness\/shrewdness) vs honesty<\/h2>\n
E.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thesis:\u00a0 Machiavelli stresses in the Prince the importance of having a knowledge of ignoble virtues ahead of noble virtues because to do the most basic requirement of a prince, one must grasp how harm can occur so that it can either be prevented by him or kept hidden from others.\u00a0 Knowledge being the most powerful tool that Machiavelli could gift to the prince, the self-interested virtues of power, fear, and cleverness will give way to his survival while remaining in power.<\/h2>\n
III.\u00a0\u00a0 Define virtu according to Machiavelli<\/h1>\n
A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chapt 15 lists 11 virtus.\u00a0 I would list these 11 and as the last sentence state that 3 will be discussed in detail.<\/h2>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Liberal<\/h3>\n
2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mean<\/h3>\n
3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Giver vs Rapacious – greedy<\/h3>\n
4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cruel vs merciful<\/h3>\n
5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Breaker of faith vs faithful<\/h3>\n
6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 effeminate \u2013 unmanly, and pusillamimous \u2013 coward vs fierce and spirited<\/h3>\n
7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 humane vs proud<\/h3>\n
8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lascivious (lewd, offensive sexually) vs chaste (innocent\/virtuous)<\/h3>\n
9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hard vs agreeable<\/h3>\n
10.\u00a0 grave vs light hearted<\/h3>\n
11.\u00a0 religious vs non-believer<\/h3>\n
B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Machiavelli defines virtu as one having skills, intelligence, strength, and forethought of a ruler.\u00a0 Virtu enables one to be successful<\/strong> in gaining power and keeping it.<\/h2>\n
C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Machiavelli\u2019s virtu is different from the virtue because the term virtu does not focus on having high morals as the term virtue does<\/h2>\n
IV.\u00a0 Warrior skills (power\/strength) \u2013 Chapt 14<\/h1>\n
A.<\/h2>\n
\n
\n
V.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fear\/cruelty vs mercifulness \u2013 Chapt 17<\/h1>\n
A.<\/h2>\n
\n
VI.\u00a0 Astuteness (cleverness\/shrewdness) vs honesty \u2013 Chapt 18<\/h1>\n
A.<\/h2>\n
\n
VII.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conclusion<\/h1>\n
A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Define virtue according to Machiavelli<\/h2>\n
B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Warrior skills (power\/strength)<\/h2>\n
C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fear\/cruelty vs. mercifulness<\/h2>\n
D.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Astuteness (cleverness\/shrewdness) vs honesty<\/h2>\n
E.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Restate thesis using different words than that was written in the intro paragraph:\u00a0 Machiavelli stresses in the Prince the importance of having a knowledge of ignoble virtues ahead of noble virtues because to do the most basic requirement of a prince, one must grasp how harm can occur so that it can either be prevented by him or kept hidden from others.\u00a0 Knowledge being the most powerful tool that Machiavelli could gift to the prince, the self-interested virtues of power, fear, and cleverness will give way to his survival while remaining in power.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"